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No. 403,477. Patented May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUSSELL H. LEIVIS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO ALBERT EDDY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,477, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed February 7, 1889.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUssELL H. LEWIS, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve-Buttons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of sleeve-buttons and studs which have at the end of the post a hinged shoe adapted to be tilted and brought nearly in line with the post to facilitate insertion through the button-hole and then to be turned back to hold the button in place.

The objects of this invention are to simplify the construction of hinged shoe-buttons, reduce the cost of manufacture, and render the said buttons more durable.

To the above purposes m y invention consists in the parts and combinations of parts, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved button with the hinged shoe and part of the post in section. Fig. 2 is a view of the spring-plate and post removed from the rest of the button, and Fig. 3 is a view of the post.

In the said drawings like numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, the number 4 designates the head of the button, 5 the post, 6 the shoe, 7 the spring-plate, and 8 the finishing-plate, which in the cheaper construction of the button may be dispensed with.

The post 5 is attached to the head of the button by passing the two projections 9 9 through holes in the under plate of the head and riveting them, as is the common practice. The free end of the post 5 is bent at right angles to the body portion, and is provided With the upwardly-bent extension 10, which extends beyond each side of the post, forming the arms 11 11. The extension is provided with the slot 12, all the said parts being clearly shown in Fig. 3. The spring-plate 7 is cut from sheet-stock, so as to be provided with the spring-finger 13,in the sides of which Serial No. 298,964. (No model.)

the notches 14 15 are out, so as to allow the spring-finger to drop down in the slot 12 cut in the extension 10. The spring-fin er extends to each side of the slot 12, so as to securely hold the post in pivotal position onto the spring-plate 7, the arms 11 11 extending out upon the flat portion of the spring-plate. The semicircular indentures 16 17 are cut in the sides of the spring-plate to allow more movement or spring to the plate.

The construction of the button is as follows: \Vhen the finishing-plate 8 is used, the free end of the post is passed through the slot 18 in the finishing-plate 8, then in position under the spring-finger, the arms extending to each side on the flat portion of the spring-plate, when the edge of the outer shell, 10, is spun over onto the finishing-plate, securely holding all the parts in position.

It will be readily seen from the drawings that, the fulcrum of the post being to one side of the center of the shoe, a much shorter post can be used than is ordinarily required, and that the shoe when in position for insertion into the cuff will be nearly on a line with the post.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A button or stud provided with the post 5, having the arms 11 11 and the slot 12 at its free end, combined with a shoe provided with the spring-plate 7, the springfinger 13, formed integral with the spring-plate 7, and the notches 14 15, formed in the finger 13, constructed to pivotally connect the post to the 8 5 shoe and hold the shoe parallel with and at right angle to the shoe, as described.

2. The combination, with the head of the button 4 and the post 5, bent at right angle at a point on the inner line of the shoe and bent in the reverse direction near its end, the arms 11, and slot 12, of the shoe 6, provided with the spring-plate 7, having the spring-tongue formed integral therewith, and the notches 14 15, constructed to secure the shoe to the post,

as described.

RUSSELL H. LEWIS. Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J 1:, M. F. BLIGH. 

